Return of forces to Germany III (REFORGER III) exercise in Germany. U.S. Lieutenant General Fillmore K. Mearns, Commanding General 7th Corps, briefs spectators. U.S. Air Force F-4 Phantom Jets bomb target areas. Explosion on land. Soldiers sit behind sand sacks. Napalm bombs explode in the background. Jets fly over and hit target areas. Huts in a field. 11th October 1971: Explosion on target ares. Explosion on bridge. Smoke rises. Water splashes up. U.S. UH-1D Huey helicopter lands. Soldiers run and lie in prone position. Smoke screen being laid over a hill as large group of Hueys fly by.
Loading of the USS Valley Forge (CV-45) in San Diego, California. U.S. Navy Chance Vought F4Us Corsair fighter aircraft loaded on the ship. A truck on the dock. Families of the sailors stand on dock. Forward section of the ship. Men on deck remove lines. Brow being removed. Superstructure of the ship. Crane on the deck. Ship underway.
U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Valley Forge (CVS-45) in Caribbean. Signal crew stand with flags as U.S. Navy Grumman S2F tracker aircraft fly by from flight deck of ship. Rear Admiral Smith and Captain Bowen at a flag plot. They plot out a chart. Captain L.W. Williams, Captain of Valley Forge seated in his chair on the bridge. Another officer hands him papers. Captain Smith sits on bridge and review flight operations.
A German soldier sits on churned up earth and rubs his face, as thunderous sound of heavy artillery fire is heard in background. He moves down an enbankment and joins numerous infantry spread out across a wide plain advancing slowly forward. Some motorcycles and other vehicles are seen. The troops move very slowly. Exploding artillery shells raise smoke in the distance. German gunners fire a 105mm howitzer ( 10.5-cm L.F.H. 18). German tanks are spread out across the broad farm plains. A large barn is nearby. Next, troops are seen sheltered amongst trees. Several are hunkered down behind stacked equipment, as they watch tanks advance amidst smoke in the distance. A panzer III tank sits in wooded spot. soldier watches as smoke rises from a building struck by gunfire. View from anti-tank obstacles, as German infantry in background, pass through a defense line as smoke rises from nearby explosion. A building ablaze billowing smoke. German soldiers walking cautiously. Two Soviet soldiers walk forward to surrender, with hands held up. Several Soviet prisoners being processed and some sitting on the ground. (World War II period).
Japanese newsreel documenting fall of Corregidor, Philippines to attacking Japanese forces. Japanese Betty bomber flying overhead. Guns of a Japanese battleship. Japanese animated map showing Corregidor Island at entrance to Manila Bay and the location of Japanese amphibious assault on the island, during World War 2. Aerial view of Corregidor, from Japanese airplane. Aerial view of bombs striking Corregidor. Japanese troops moving from rocky shore, past obstacles, and climbing steep wooden stairs on Corregidor. One of the soldiers carries a flame thrower. Japanese soldiers engaged in firefights with defenders. Americans surrendering. Views of tattoo on sailor. Barrage balloon aloft nearby.U.S. Army Major General George F. Moore conversing with Japanese Commander. Japanese Lieutenant General Masaharu Homma enters a hut and sits with members of his staff, opposite U.S. Lieutenant General Jonathan Wainwright, Major General Moore, and another officer, to discuss terms of surrender.
Ground targets in the European Theater are attacked by a U.S. aircraft of VIII Fighter Command piloted by Lieutenant Colonel F Gabreski of 61st Squadron. The aircraft attacks a large building on 25th April, 1944. Smoke rises from the target.
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